Bug#1110421: ITP: fonts-xolonium - futuristic typeface, with focus on legibility
Hi,
On 11/27/25 21:54, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
Hi,
I'll be happy to sponsor this font once htic clears the NEW queue.
thank you for the review and your proposal to sponsor the package :-)
A quick and superficial review of the current packaging work:
* Please rebase/cherry-pick your packaging on top of the official Git
repository instead of a tarball. Feel free to mail me if you need help
with that.
[done]
* License: The font is dual licensed: OFL-1.1+RFN (LICENSE.txt) and
GPL+exception (xonotic/README.txt). This should be reflected (= both
licenses copy-pasted) in d/copyright.
* License 2: RFN (Reserved Font Name) Fonts are not allowed in the main
archive unless the files compiled by the Debian infra are bit-for-bit
identical to those distributed upstream (see <https://wiki.debian.org/
Fonts/Bugs/rfn-violation>). Once all build dependencies will be in
Debian, you can check if the compiled files are indeed identical to the
original ones. If that is not the case, then d/copyright will have to
state that the font is GPL+exception-licensed only.
that is unfortunate/unexpected... I clearly miss the fact that the RFN
section mandate our build to be bit-for-bit identical to files
distributed by upstream... And they are not, for an still unknown reason
(upstream build is 5 years old, fontforge version is different, may that
be the cause ?)
Anyway, for now I switched to distribute the GPL+exception-licensed
version only.
* d/control:
+ remove "Rules-Requires-Root: no", it's not the default.
+ add a comma after the last Build-Depends
+ is https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/xolonium the official homepage?
Maybe the gitlab page is "more official"?
+ unless you are strongly attached to this package, use "Maintainer:
Debian Fonts Team <debian-fonts@lists.debian.org> / Uploaders: you".
+ if you do the above, then use the /fonts-team/ namespace instead of
the /debian/ namespace for the repo.
[done]
best regards,
Sébastien
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